Cooking with Calc - Scandinavian Coffee Cake
Shaurya Kalra and Mannan Shukla
original recipe
answer sheet
Ingredients
- cup milk
- cup shortening
- cup sugar
- teaspoon salt
- package active dry yeast
- cup warm (not hot) water
- cup sifted enriched Flour
- eggs, beaten
- melted butter, or margarine
- cup firmly packed brown sugar
- teaspoon cinnamon
- chopped walnuts
Process
- Scald milk
- Add shortening, sugar, and salt
- Stir until sugar dissolves; cool to lukewarm
- Dissolve yeast in water; combine with milk mixture
- Stir in half the flour; add eggs; beat well
- Add enough of remaining flour to make a soft dough
- Turn out on lightly floured board; knead till smooth and elastic
- (See a recipe for white bread) put in a greased bowl; brush with shortening; cover; let rise in a warm place, °F till double in bulk (about hours)
- Turn out on floured board; roll into a rectangle by inches.
- Brush with butter
- Sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon.
- Roll up like jelly roll; shape into a ring on greased baking sheet; pinch ends
- From the outside, cut through the ring toward center almost all the way through in 1 inch slices
- Fan out slices slightly to side
- Brush with shortening; cover; let it rise for about minutes or till double in bulk
- Meanwhile set oven for moderate °F
- Bake minutes
- While warm spread with confectioners’ sugar icing; sprinkle with chopped walnuts